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Release Notes

November 17, 2025

Release 2025.10.14

AI Workbench ComponentVersion Number
Desktop App1.144.8
CLI0.55.4
Service0.80.4
Credential Manager1.9.2

New Features and Improvements

CLI

The following features and improvements were added to the CLI:

Remote-Only Installations

  • Added support for building CLI binaries for both local and remote-only install modes.

    The nvwb version command will now indicate whether the CLI is configured to run remote-only or local installations.

  • Added support for remote-only installations on Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu.

  • Remove Windows .nvwb* directory after remote > local migration.

Support Bundle Improvements

  • Updated support bundle generation to now include Credential Manager logs for Windows remote-only installations.

  • Support bundle filenames will now append the username and the generation timestamp for easier troubleshooting.

    For example, the support bundle filename will now have the following format: ai-workbench-support-bundle-<USERNAME>-<TIMESTAMP>.zip.

General

  • Added command to migrate files from Windows to WSL.
  • Added Windows SSH tunnel daemon support.
  • Improved structured error rendering. This improves error display during installation with detailed error information and troubleshooting guidance.
  • Added support for reading/writing Git author details to CLI config file if Git is not installed on the system.

Desktop App

The following features and improvements were added to the Desktop App:

Remote-Only Installations

  • Added support for remote-only installations. This update improves the installation process to support remote-only mode and provides the following improvements:
    • Improved error screen with doc links to provide troubleshooting guidance during installation and error handling.
    • Clearer progress indicators during installation.
    • More informative prompts for system requirements.

macOS Support

  • Added support for macOS 14 (Sonoma), macOS 15 (Sequoia), and macOS 16 (Tahoe).

    This release of the Desktop App version 0.170.22-7 removes Desktop App support for macOS 12 (Monterey) and 13 (Ventura). Starting with this release and future releases, users must use macOS 14 (Sonoma), macOS 15 (Sequoia), or macOS 16 (Tahoe).

Windows Support

  • Added support for Windows 10 22H2 (build 19045.4052 or higher)
  • Added support for Windows 11 23H2 (build 22631 or higher).

General

  • Added a new option to keep the Brev instance running when closing the Brev context.

  • Improved error screen with documentation links to provide troubleshooting guidance during installation and error handling.

  • Added state information to the CLI command: migrate-config.

  • Redesigned the Locations Manager UI to provide an improved and updated visual experience.

  • Added support for structured errors in local installations. This provides the user with installation errors with actionable error codes, including:

    • checksum
    • import
    • bootstrap
    • service installation

Service

There following features and improvements were added to the AI Workbench Service with this release:

  • Increased structured error coverage/update to use new error constants.
  • Added support for remote-only installations and improved error handling.
  • Added structured install errors. There are now more detailed error information displayed during installation.

Credential Manager

There are no new feature updates to the AI Workbench Credential Manager with this release.

Bug Fixes

CLI

There were no new bug fixes to the CLI with this release.

Desktop App

The following bug fixes were added to the Desktop App:

  • Resolved various Brev shutdown issues that were causing UX inconsistencies in the Brev shutdown flow.
  • Resolved the correct desktop path on windows. Fixed an issue where users with synced desktops (i.e. OneDrive) were unable to create a support bundle.
  • Resolved issues opening in existing windows. Ensures that deep links will open in existing windows when the targeted location is already open.
  • Fixed an issue where refreshing the project page resulted in a blank UI. Now, refreshing displays the loading screen followed by the correctly loaded page.

Service

The following bug fixes were added to the AI Workbench Service with this release:

  • Check for Docker group membership in /etc/group file instead of groups command.
  • Fixed parsing of output of dpkg bash commands.

Credential Manager

The following bug fixes were added to the AI Workbench Credential Manager with this release:

  • Fixed an issue where the Credential Manager would shut down the brev local auth HTTP server before the browser had connected.